As our holiday cottage is on the edge of the gardens of Colonsay House, there is daily opportunity to roam through the woodland area, which is open to the public.
There is some industry in the wood, tree felling and a collection of beehives on the north east perimeter. Over the years, though, the gardens have become a bit of a wilderness, but with that comes a mysterious and magical atmosphere. Moss encrusted dry stone walls with tumbling coloured ribbons of fallen blossoms, the exotic patterns on the cinnamon-barked myrtles, old and twisted branches weaving their way along overgrown paths, outsized rhododendron leaves, smelly American skunk cabbage, prehistoric-looking gunnera, and ethereal skeleton leaves. I can't get enough of it, and the dogs enjoy it too. Lots of new smells!
There is some industry in the wood, tree felling and a collection of beehives on the north east perimeter. Over the years, though, the gardens have become a bit of a wilderness, but with that comes a mysterious and magical atmosphere. Moss encrusted dry stone walls with tumbling coloured ribbons of fallen blossoms, the exotic patterns on the cinnamon-barked myrtles, old and twisted branches weaving their way along overgrown paths, outsized rhododendron leaves, smelly American skunk cabbage, prehistoric-looking gunnera, and ethereal skeleton leaves. I can't get enough of it, and the dogs enjoy it too. Lots of new smells!
Same bloom, three days later
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